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December 29, 2015

Tempo - December 29, 2015

Angelina Anjar Sawitri, Jakarta – Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Hidayat Nur Wahid, expressed his concern about gunmen attack in Sinak Police Base in Puncak

December 4, 2015

Tabloid JUBI - December 4, 2015

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – Three witnesses from Tolikara presented by the Public Prosecutor in the trial over the Tolikara incident held at Jayapura District Court were praised by

December 3, 2015

West Papua Action Auckland Press Release - December 3, 2015

Below is the text of a letter faxed to Hon Murray McCully today.

December 2, 2015

Tabloid JUBI - December 2, 2015

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – A lawyer for four activists of West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in Manokwari region, said the jail sentence of 1 year 6 months for them was too harsh

December 1, 2015

Tribune News - December 1, 2015

Jakarta – On Tuesday December 1 police blocked protesters from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) who had come from throughout Java and Bali to demonstrate at the Hotel Indonesia (HI) tra

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media Release - December 1, 2015

The Australia West Papua Association congratulates the West Papuan people on the 54th anniversary of their National Day or National flag day.

August 14, 2015

Jakarta Post - August 14, 2015

Jayapura – An unidentified person burned an Indonesian flag in Mimika Baru, Timika city, Papua, on Thursday ahead of the 70th anniversary of independence.

July 9, 2015

Radio New Zealand International - July 9, 2015

The West Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma says his personal preference is that the leader for his people's self-determination movement be based within West Papua.

July 6, 2015

ABC Radio Australia - July 6, 2015

Alyssa Betts – The situation in the Indonesian province of West Papua is similar to East Timor just before independence, a West Papuan activist has announced at a protest in Darwin.

July 1, 2015

Antara News - July 1, 2015

Ernes B Kakisina, Manokwari (AFP) – Police Chief of West Papua Province, Paulus Waterpauw prohibits people from celebrating the anniversary of the Free Papua Movement.

January 29, 2015

Red Flag - January 29, 2015

Ben Hillier – Simon Degei sat amid the ground cover, a gaping hole in his right shoulder obscured by a bloodied tank-top, and his face covered in dirt.

January 27, 2015

vice - January 27, 2015

Paul Gregoire – Earlier this month, Indonesian forces reportedly burned down villages and conducted mass arrests across the province of West Papua.

December 18, 2014

Radio New Zealand International - December 18, 2014

The head of the newly formed United Liberation Movement for West Papua says the nature of Indonesia's deployment of security forces to the Papua region indicates it s a war zone.

December 9, 2014

Jakarta Post - December 9, 2014

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Five civilians were shot and killed and 21 others were injured on Monday when security personnel dispersed a crowd that was gathering and dancing at the K

December 8, 2014

Jakarta Globe - December 8, 2014

Banjir Ambarita, Jakarta – Six people were reportedly killed while several others remained in a critical condition after a group of police officers and soldiers allegedly opened fire on

November 30, 2014

Antara News - November 30, 2014

Jayapura – Police in Papua have been prepared to disperse any separatist Free Papua Organization (OPM) anniversary commemoration event to be held on December 1.

November 28, 2014

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media Release - November 28, 2014

The Australia West Papua association has written to the Australian Foreign Minister about concerns of a possible crackdown on peaceful demonstrators celebrating West Papuan National Fla

November 27, 2014

New Zealand Herald - November 27, 2014

Waitangi Day controversies are minor compared to this battle for identity and self-determination.

November 24, 2014

New Manadla - November 24, 2014

Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge – During his presidential campaign, Joko Widodo, widely known as "Jokowi," visited the Indonesia's most eastern province, Papua, three times.

November 19, 2014

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media Release - November 19, 2014

Today is the 6th anniversary of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) which was formed on the 19 November in 2008.

November 6, 2014

Dili Weekly - November 6, 2014

Martinha Gusmao – The National University of Timor-Lorosa'e (UNTL) donated $200 to student society AKHANA in support of their march from Larigatu, Ossu, to Dili.

September 26, 2014

Radio New Zealand International - September 26, 2014

Vanuatu's West Papua Unification Committee has confirmed its conference in Port Vila will now be held from the 4th of December following the National Day and flag raising ceremony on th

September 19, 2014

Sydney Morning Herald - September 19, 2014

Nick Miller, Edinburgh – Over a long night, through the wee hours, Scotland will count its referendum votes as an army of scrutineers keep an eye on proceedings.

September 5, 2014

Dateline Pacific - September 5, 2014

Amnesty International has called on the Indonesian government to stop attacking freedom of expression in Papua.

August 17, 2014

Jakarta Post - August 17, 2014

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Celebrations for Indonesia's 69th Independence Day in Tiom, the capital of Lanny Jaya regency, Papua, passed off peacefully on Sunday, with a flag-raising

May 21, 2014

Radio New Zealand International - May 21, 2014

Advocates for West Papuan self-determination have called for a UN decolonisation committee to be consistent and make a fact finding trip to Indonesia's Papua region.

May 20, 2014

Pina - May 20, 2014

[Commentary from the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG).]

Radio New Zealand International - May 20, 2014

Advocates for the independence of West Papua say a UN decolonisation committee should visit the Indonesian province.

May 19, 2014

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media release - May 19, 2014

The Special Committee on Decolonization will hold its Pacific Regional Seminar in Nadi, Fiji, from 21 to 23 May 2014.

April 11, 2014

Jakarta Globe - April 11, 2014

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Gunmen believed to be from a separatist group attacked a border post between Indonesian Papua and Papua New Guinea on Thursday, taking down the Indonesian fl

March 21, 2014

Radio New Zealand International - March 21, 2014

The Solomon Islands Prime Minister says any self-determination efforts in Indonesia's Papua region must be made in conjunction with Jakarta.

March 14, 2014

Vanuatu Daily Post - March 14, 2014

Winston Tarere – Former Papuan activists Franz Albert Joku and Nicholas Simion Messet are calling on all West Papuans in exile to return home.

March 4, 2014

West Papua Media - March 4, 2014

[From the West Papua Media correspondents in Jayapura and Geneva, with local sources.

December 2, 2013

Radio New Zealand International - December 2, 2013

Protestors against Indonesian rule in West Papua have gathered outside New Zealand's parliament and raised the Morning Star flag.

Lensa Indonesia (LICOM) - December 2, 2013

Around 300 demonstrators from the Papua Student Alliance (AMP) gathered in front of the Negara Grahadi building in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya on December 2 demanding t

November 30, 2013

Radio New Zealand International - November 30, 2013

Indonesia's National Police Chief General Sutarman says the country's police will take stern measures against those wanting to separate Papua from Indonesia.

November 28, 2013

Antara News - November 28, 2013

Jayapura, Papua – The National Police Chief General Sutarman has stated that the country's police will take stern measures against those wanting to separate Papua from Indonesia.

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media Release - November 28, 2013

"The Bintang Kejora flag raising ceremony on Dec. 1 is forbidden and those involved will be dealt with seriously" – National Police chief Gen.

October 15, 2013

Radio New Zealand International - October 15, 2013

Pro-independence activists in the remote Indonesian province of West Papua are planning to mark the anniversary of what they say was their declaration of independence.

October 9, 2013

Sky News - October 9, 2013

West Papuans battling for independence have new hope after recent events propelled their deadly but usually hidden struggle into the global spotlight.

September 26, 2013

Elsham Papua, IKOHI and TAPOL Press Release - September 26, 2013

Yesterday (25/9) a delegation of Papuan human rights defenders met with the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID) in Geneva to follow-up on the case of Ar

September 9, 2013

Radio New Zealand International - September 9, 2013

The jailed leader of the self-proclaimed republic of West Papua Fokorus Yaboisembut has written to the Australian Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott to congratulate him and seek support.

September 5, 2013

Jakarta Globe - September 5, 2013

Anushka Shahjahan – The right to peacefully advocate referendums is a part of freedom of expression and Indonesian authorities must drop charges brought against Papuan activists, Amnest

August 29, 2013

Dili Weekly - August 29, 2013

Ezequiel Freitas – Fretilin bench MP Leonel Marcal said on 30 August 1999, 14 years ago, all Timorese closed their homes and went out to vote and changed the course of their destiny.

August 25, 2013

West Papua Media - August 25, 2013

In a risky and symbolic act of defiance, unidentified West Papuan pro-independence activists raised the banned symbol of West Papuan liberation, the Morning Star flag, atop a foggy Moun

August 15, 2013

Merdeka.com - August 15, 2013

Arie Sunaryo – The Surakarta district police have seized two large banners depicting symbols of the Morning Star flag belonging to Papuan students that was to be used in a protest actio

Pos Kota - August 15, 2013

Bogor – The momentum in the lead up to Indonesia's 68th Independence Day was used by scores of Papuan students to demand freedom and self-determination for the Papuan people.

July 1, 2013

Tempo.co - July 1, 2013

Jerry Omona, Jakarta – The Free Papua Movement allegedly raised the Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flag to commemorate the independence of Papua, which is believed to fall on July 1.

Jakarta Post - July 1, 2013

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – A group of civilians raised the banned Morning Star (Bintang Kejora) flag in Kampung Wandenggobak, Mulia, Puncak Jaya regency, Papua, on Monday, while off

May 14, 2013

Jakarta Globe - May 14, 2013

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Marzuki Alie, the speaker of the House of Representatives, has urged the Foreign Ministry to take a stronger stand against domestic separatist groups operatin